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template

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA (key): /ˈtɛmp.lət/ or /ˈtɛmp.leɪt/
  • SAMPA: /"tEmp.l@t/ or /"tEmp.leIt/
  • (file)

Noun

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Singular
template

Plural
templates

A template for drawing circles.
  1. (countable) A template is a model or base which you can use as a starting point to make other objects.
    I used the template with holes for letters to write that message neatly.

Verb

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Plain form
template

Third-person singular
templates

Past tense
templated

Past participle
templated

Present participle
templating

  1. (transitive) If you template something, you make it or set it up using a template.
  2. (transitive) If you template something, you make a guide or pattern for creating it.
    He templated a circle by writing rules for making circles and providing an example circle to copy.